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durangite crystals from Mexico

durangite

Found in 1869 owes its name to the site of Durango in Mexico

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orbicular diorite from Corsica

orbicular diorite

Successively described and analyzed by many specialists since 1851, its a mixture of feldspar, hornblende, biotite (black mica) and quartz. It is considered an intrusive rock with a texture similar to “granite”, the term “granite” designating a hard stone used in civil engineering. The matrix

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diaspore from Turkey

diaspore

Discovered in 1801 in the Urals in Russia, its name comes from the Greek word “diaspora”, meaning “disperse” because when heated with a blowtorch it explodes and disperses into small particles. It is a component of earthy bauxite, but is found in gem quality in

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“ De Beers Centenary “ diamond

diamond

This gem, the best known and most prestigious, is named after its hardness, “adamant” in Greek, which means unconquerable because there are no known naturally occurring minerals that are harder than it. Pure and white, it has an incomparable brilliance, and it sparkles in all

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yellow datolite from Russia oval cut

datolite

Its name comes from Greek by illustrating its ability to “split” into pieces when massive datolite aggregates are broken. A rock rarely found in a gem form, it is often associated with zeolites in basalt cavities.

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oval cut kyanite from Nepal

kyanite

Its name recalls its dominant color : blue in Greek (cyan). Sometimes colorless, but generally blue to bluish green, this gemstone has a hardness ranging, with its texture in plans, from 4.5 (direction of elongation) at 6 to 7 (perpendicular to the elongation). It also

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